Naveen Selvadurai
| Naveen Selvadurai | |
|---|---|
 Naveen Selvadurai in 2011. | |
| Born |
January 27, 1982 Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Alma mater | Worcester Polytechnic Institute, King's College London |
| Occupation | internet entrepreneur |
| Known for | Co-founder of Foursquare |
| Net worth |
US  $ 80Million |
Naveen Selvadurai (born January 27, 1982, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India) is a US internet entrepreneur and co-founder of location-based social networking site Foursquare.com.[1][2][3][4]
Early life
He was born on the January 27, 1982 in Chennai, India, to Kuppuswamy Selvadurai and Latha Selvadurai. He was the first child and has a younger sister Chindhuri Selvadurai.
Career
Selvadurai graduated in 4 years from Worcester Polytechnic Institute with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and a Master of Science in Computer Science in Worcester, MA. During his time at Worcester, he spent 5 months in his junior year on a study abroad programme at King's College London.[5] He went on to work with Lucent, Sony, Nokia and Sun Microsystems before he started his mobile social-networking venture Foursquare, along with Dennis Crowley. He has been listed in the 'World's New Young Millionaires' released by AOL Small Business.[6]
He has been on Fox Business Network, and CNN's special by Fareed Zakaria, "Getting American Back to #1," talking about how he became the person that he is today.
Foursquare
In 2009, Selvadurai co-founded Foursquare with Dennis Crowley. It is a location-based social networking website for mobile devices, such as smartphones. Users "check in" at venues using a mobile website, text messaging or a device-specific application by selecting from a list of venues the application locates nearby.[7] Location is based on GPS hardware in the mobile device or network location provided by the application, and the map is based on data from the OpenStreetMap project. Each check-in awards the user points and sometimes "badges". The user who checks in the most often to a venue becomes the "mayor," and users regularly vie for "mayorships."
On March 4, 2012, Selvadurai announced on his blog that he will step down from his day-to-day operational role at the company later that month.[8] He said he will continue to serve as a board member and adviser to the company.[9]
Selvadurai joined the Expa startup studio, founded in May 2013 by former Uber and StumbleUpon founder Garrett Camp. Selvadurai joins Expa as a partner focused on New York operations for the organization.[10]
References
- ↑ "Naveen Selvadurai - Co-founder of foursquare". Whoandwhom.com. Retrieved 2012-08-07.
- ↑ "Indian American: Entrepreneurs Are Big Hits Online » SPAN November/December 2010". Span.state.gov. Retrieved 2012-08-07.
- ↑ "5 Inspirational Young Internet Entrepreneurs". The Jakarta Globe. 2012-02-23. Retrieved 2012-08-07.
- ↑ "Business Success Story / Naveen Selvadurai". Boompedia.com. Retrieved 2012-08-07.
- ↑ http://alumni.kcl.ac.uk/page.aspx?pid=4135
- ↑ Williams, Geoff (May 27, 2010). "Meet the New Young Millionaires". AOL Small Business.
- ↑ Kincaid, Jason. "SXSW: Foursquare Scores Despite Its Flaws". The Washington Post. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
- ↑ Shontell, Alyson (March 6, 2012). "Co-Founder Naveen Selvadurai 'Tried To Fight' His Departure From Foursquare". Business Insider.
- ↑ Emerson, Ramona (March 4, 2012). "Naveen Selvadurai, Foursquare Co-Founder, Is Leaving The Company". Huffington Post.
- ↑ http://techcrunch.com/2014/05/22/naveen-selvadurai-former-foursquare-co-founder-joins-expa-startup-studio-as-ny-partner/
External links
- "Meet the New Young Millionaires". AOL Small Business.
- "About us". foursquare.com. Archived from the original on February 8, 2012.
- "Naveen Selvadurai". linkedin.com.